2023-08-14

• Condition: VG6
• Location: Home, Spearfish: 44.49, -103.87

9:28PM

• Target: M 5[1]
• Const: Serpens
• RaDec: 15h18m +02°04
• Type: Globular Cluster
• Scope: AT102ED
• Setting: 200x

Very similar in size and brightness to M13. Pushing to 200x helped bring out the smaller stars in the denser middle of the cluster. Very beautiful!

[1] M 5 (ID)

9:46PM

• Target: V Coronae Borealis[1]
• Const: Corona Borealis
• RaDec: 15h49m +39°34
• Type: Star (Carbon)
• Scope: AT102ED
• Setting: 60x
• Image: ../images/2023-8-14_VCrB.jpg[2]

Nice deep red. NW of λ Coronae Borealis.

[1] V Coronae Borealis (ID)

[2] ../images/2023-8-14_VCrB.jpg

10:02PM

• Target: NGC 6210, Turtle Nebula[1]
• Const: Hercules
• RaDec: 16h44m +23°47
• Type: Planetary Nebula
• Scope: AT102ED
• Setting: 200x
• Image: ../images/2023-8-14_NGC6210.jpg[2]

Very much the appearance of a fat star. Can't get much detail of out it, though it is quite bright. I can detect some "noise" just to the south of it, but not sure if it's a trick of the eye.

[1] NGC 6210, Turtle Nebula (ID)

[2] ../images/2023-8-14_NGC6210.jpg